VOA慢速英语:Training as a Mascot; One-Day Makeovers for Streets

1. And we learn about a group that helps women in Uganda earn money by selling beads at parties in the United States.

learn about 获悉
例句：Childrenseem to learn about computers by osmosis. 
儿童似乎不知不觉地就了解了计算机. 

2. The organizers also invited food trucks to come to the event. Tables were set up along the sidewalk to give people a place to sit and eat.

set up 成立
例句：They set up many branches throughout the country. 
他们在全国建立好多分公司。 

3. She herself mostly goes out on foot only to walk her dog.

go out 外出
例句：She's gone out for a walk.
她外出散步了。

4. MARY MACKEY: "It'd be nice to get out of our cars and be able to bike and walk more places, but we're just not that dense of a population like in Europe, so it's a little more difficult."

be able to 能够
例句：He is in good health--he is able to resist diseases. 
他身体健康，能抵抗疾 

5. And she wonders whether the neighborhood is truly ready for a change for the better.

be ready for 为...做好准备
例句：He is ready for the trip. 
他已准备好去旅行。 

6. SUSAN SHEPHARD: "It's heart-breaking to look around and see sixty percent of these storefronts vacant on a regular basis.

look around 环视
例句：Feel free to look around. 
请随意到处看看。 

7. ERIN BLANK: "In elementary school, I got to wear a Cookie Monster costume, and I fell in love with the activity."

fall in love 坠入爱河
例句：It is strange that he should fall in love with such a snobbish girl. 
说来真怪，他居然与那位高傲的女孩子坠入情网。 

8. The Blandfords visited the Bead for Life website and signed up to host a jewelry party.

sign up 签约，注册
例句：We should sign up as volunteers. 
我们应该自动报名从军。

9. DEVIN HIBBARD: "We came up with this idea of a bead party, which is a woman taking beads to her community, to her house, to her children's school and sharing the beads and the story of the women who make them."

come up with 赶上
例句：Slow down a bit and let me come up with you. 
跑慢一点让我赶上吧。